AAPL $500

Ajay Makan and Dan McCrum, reporting for The Financial Times:

The technology group’s success has also given a healthy glow to corporate America. Were Apple’s results stripped out, Barclays Capital estimates earnings growth at S&P 500 companies that have reported fourth-quarter results would be 2.9 per cent rather than 7 per cent.

★ Tuesday, 14 February 2012